oh, brat, don't do that! i'm sure you could talk your partner into doing something other that sewing. my partners and i have sometimes deviated ( shock!! bring the epsom salts! bring the fibrilater! bring the quilting will and a pen so i can write my name in as beneficiary). the only rules you can't break are the ones with no rules! besides, we can't both be off swaps for the same month. who will talk? who will be silly? the whole board might splinter and crack!